USPTO Art Unit 3626 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3626
Group: 3620
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 11,523
Last Active: June 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19254220VERIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION OF ROBOTSJune 2025October 2025Allow410YesNo
19185195ROBUST ARTIFACTS MAPPING AND AUTHORIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAMEApril 2025October 2025Allow610YesNo
19048668MACHINE LEARNING FOR MODELING PREFERENCE DATA TO OPTIMIZE INTERACTIONS WITH CANDIDATE PARTNERSFebruary 2025November 2025Abandon1010NoNo
19043573STIMULATING STUDENT LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH A VOICE-ACTIVATED INSTRUCTIONAL AIDFebruary 2025December 2025Abandon1010NoNo
19030545Incentivized Youth Education SystemJanuary 2025January 2026Abandon1220NoNo
18959155SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VERIFYING ORIGIN OF REQUEST FOR PAYMENTNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18957639SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING DATA FOR COURSE GENERATIONNovember 2024November 2025Allow1220YesNo
18949623GENERATING TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTSNovember 2024July 2025Allow810YesNo
18925639INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND SYSTEMOctober 2024March 2026Allow1610NoNo
18920709ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTIFYING AVOIDED CARBON EMISSIONS IN A DIGITAL ENGINEERING PLATFORMOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18915528NONHUMAN SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCEOctober 2024March 2026Allow1710NoNo
18901668Distributed Ledgers for Enhanced Chain of Custody CertificationSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18898829Methods and Means for Improved Benefit Selection and EnrollmentSeptember 2024March 2026Abandon1810NoNo
18830833INSPECTION METHOD AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEM FOR SMART GAS SUPERVISION INFORMATIONSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18882480AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING AN IDENTIFIER INTO AN ITEM RECORD USING A WEB INTERFACE IN EMBEDDED CODE ON A WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH A NONPROFIT ENTITY, AND GENERATING, USING THE IDENTIFIER, AN IMPACT STATEMENT COMMUNICATING A VALUE IN CHARITABLE GOODS AND/OR CHARITABLE SERVICESSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200YesNo
18882298SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE THROUGH DIGITIZATIONSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18845485Content Driven Open Vessel Data Assimilation Process and SystemSeptember 2024March 2026Abandon1810NoNo
18823957METHODS AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS FOR SUPERVISING SMART GAS CORPORATE USERS, AND MEDIA THEREOFSeptember 2024February 2026Abandon1720NoNo
18822445METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAFETY MONITORING OF PIPELINE OPERATION STATUS BASED ON SMART GAS INTERNET OF THINGSSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18815494GENERATING, FILTERING, AND COMBING STRUCTURED DATA RECORDS USING MACHINE LEARNINGAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18814294COMBINING STRUCTURED DATA RECORDS GENERATED USING AN EXTRACTION NEURAL NETWORK TO GENERATE TEXTUAL OUTPUTSAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18813216SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SPOILER CONTENT TRANSMISSION IN USER-GENERATED CONTENT SYSTEMSAugust 2024October 2025Abandon1420NoNo
18812375CLUSTERING AND STANDARDIZING STRUCTURED DATA RECORDS GENERATED USING AN EXTRACTION NEURAL NETWORKAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18792718System and Method for Real-Time Media Capture, Analysis, and Repository ManagementAugust 2024January 2026Abandon1830NoNo
18788378SYSTEM FOR DOCKING VEHICLE TO BUILDING AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAMEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18783605SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENTING MEDICAL DEVICESJuly 2024May 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18782441Account Based Handset Protection CoverageJuly 2024March 2026Abandon2010NoNo
18779751SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARRIAGE REGISTRATIONJuly 2024February 2026Abandon1910NoNo
18779606METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROWD SOURCING TRUSTED EMPLOYMENT REFERRALSJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300YesNo
18775714COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A RENT-TO-OWN PROGRAMJuly 2024September 2025Allow1410NoNo
18772096Anti-counterfeiting System for Bottled ProductsJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300YesNo
18755117REVIEW PRESENTATION DEVICE AND REVIEW PRESENTATION METHODJune 2024March 2026Abandon2110YesNo
18751292METHODS AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ROBOTS IN PIPELINE CORRIDOR OF GAS BASED ON REGULATORY INTERNET OF THINGSJune 2024August 2025Abandon1420NoNo
18739607ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED DETERMINATION OF DAMAGE TO PHYSICAL STRUCTURES VIA VIDEOJune 2024September 2025Allow1500YesNo
18740197AUTOMATIC UPDATING OF REAL ESTATE DATABASEJune 2024January 2026Allow2020YesNo
18736935PAYMENT SYSTEM WITH AI FUNCTIONJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18732769INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024March 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18732346SECURE SERVICE RECIPIENT ONLINE PORTALJune 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18731147ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACE FOR USER-SELECTED FINANCIAL STRATEGY BASED UPDATEMay 2024April 2025Abandon1020YesNo
18675420REAL-TIME MARKETPLACE FOR COMPETITIVE PAYMay 2024March 2026Abandon2120NoNo
18675005SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING TO PLURALITY OF SYSTEMS OF RECORDMay 2024August 2025Abandon1420NoNo
18673570SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AI INTEGRATED COMPLIANCE AND DATA MANAGEMENTMay 2024November 2024Allow610YesNo
18671946MULTIPLAYER COLLABORATIVE TASK ASSURANCE METHOD BASED ON AGENT AND BACKUP TECHNIQUESMay 2024October 2025Abandon1620NoNo
18668156ESCROW FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMSMay 2024February 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18650609SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A PREDICTIVE ENGINE TO PREDICT FAILURES IN MACHINE-LEARNING TRAINED SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAY VIA GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEApril 2024August 2025Allow1620YesNo
18643683Generating Unique IdentifiersApril 2024July 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18702812SPATIAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND REGENERATION DECISION-MAKING METHOD FOR RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC AREAApril 2024June 2025Abandon1420YesNo
18635062EXPORT LICENSE AGENCY SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE SAMEApril 2024March 2026Abandon2310YesNo
18634448Machine Learning System and Method for Contextual Decision-Making in Watchlist Screening and MonitoringApril 2024October 2025Allow1830YesNo
18621048ELECTRONIC CONSIGNMENT NOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MARINE PLASTIC DEBRIS BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGYMarch 2024November 2024Allow810YesNo
18617794AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGRICULTURAL CROP MONITORING AND SAMPLINGMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18613199INTELLIGENT AUTHORIZATION SYSTEMMarch 2024July 2024Allow300YesNo
18603438SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL EVALUATION BY USING DECOMPOSITIONMarch 2024October 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18600123PERSONAL SECURITY ASSISTANT SYSTEMMarch 2024May 2025Abandon1520YesNo
18590270CIRCULAR POLARIZATION ANTENNA FOR USE IN DETECTING PRESENCE WITHIN A STRICTLY DEFINED WIRELESS ZONEFebruary 2024August 2025Abandon1720NoNo
18587592SANITARY TECHNOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2410NoNo
18587919SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS BIOMETRIC MONITORINGFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1810YesNo
18586387OMNICHANNEL DATA ANALYSISFebruary 2024February 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18584596SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATING THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT CANDIDATES AND RECRUITING ENTITIESFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1330YesNo
18444538SECURE SERVICE RECIPIENT ONLINE PORTALFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1720NoNo
18438114DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORM WITH DEMAND PATH OPTIMIZATIONFebruary 2024April 2024Allow200NoNo
18436793Event-Based Contact Center Deployment and TerminationFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18432350DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR BLOOD PROCESSING PROCEDURESFebruary 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18432760SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONSFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18429408SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZING OFFERSJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1520YesNo
18421062SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SOCIAL NETWORKJanuary 2024March 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18419642SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROPERTY DEFECT MANAGEMENTJanuary 2024November 2025Abandon2220NoNo
18418972Baggage Imagery Reanalysis for Multi-Modal TravelJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18416663GUARDIAN INFORMATION-BASED ANIMAL INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SERVER AND ANIMAL INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024April 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18413441SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMATICALLY ACCESSING FINANCIAL DATAJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610NoNo
18413520Opportunity Identification And Response Creation Methods And ApparatusJanuary 2024March 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18412023AUGMENTED REALITY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RELATED THERETOJanuary 2024August 2024Allow800NoNo
18404614PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR E-LEARNING CONTENT ACROSS MULTIPLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2024September 2025Abandon2140NoNo
18576284SMART CONTRACT COMPLIANCE MONITORING TO ENABLE REMOTE COLLABORATIONJanuary 2024March 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18402751CENTRALIZED SAAS PLATFORM FOR A&RS, RECORD LABELS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND ARTISTS TO EXPLORE UNRELEASED PRODUCTION FROM SONGWRITERSJanuary 2024January 2025Abandon1210NoNo
18401611On-Line Systems And Methods For Food And Beverage CriticsDecember 2023January 2026Abandon2401NoNo
18401604Weighted Vote Donation Pool System For PoliticiansDecember 2023January 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18401029System and Method for Providing Membership Services for Automotive RepairsDecember 2023December 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18400824DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORM WITH DEMAND PATH OPTIMIZATIONDecember 2023March 2024Allow310NoNo
18397570SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE EMPLOYMENT SEARCH AND RECRUITING USING MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2023January 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18393049SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATED EMISSIONS DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSISDecember 2023January 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18544566SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A TRADE ORDERDecember 2023July 2024Allow710YesNo
18545394VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SERVERDecember 2023January 2026Allow2520YesNo
18544334METHOD FOR INFORMATION INTERACTION, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18544324METHOD FOR INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION BASED ON DATA INTERACTION, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18542429FORECASTING ACTS USING MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA LINKAGESDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710YesNo
18534244SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED RESTAURANT RATINGDecember 2023January 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18568230ASSESSING CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A HYBRID POWER PLANTDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18528825System and method of intelligent vehicleDecember 2023November 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18520729PERSISTENT STRUCTURED PERSONAL PROFILE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, PLATFORM, AND METHODNovember 2023November 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18563994LIKELIHOOD OF FLAME WAR DETERMINATION APPARATUS, LIKELIHOOD OF FLAME WAR DETERMINATION METHOD AND PROGRAMNovember 2023March 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18518537REGISTRY OF ENTITIES OPTING INTO A UNIVERSAL CONTRACTNovember 2023December 2024Abandon1320YesNo
18516141Infrastructure Management Systems and MethodsNovember 2023March 2026Abandon2820NoNo
18516255SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR A DIGITAL TRADING CARD PLATFORMNovember 2023August 2025Abandon2020NoYes
18514924SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING LUGGAGE MANIFEST USING B-TYPE MESSAGE, AIRLINE CODE AND FLIGHT DATANovember 2023August 2025Allow2130YesNo
18514914SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING LUGGAGE MANIFESTSNovember 2023August 2025Allow2130YesNo
18513882METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL TRAFFIC CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENTNovember 2023May 2024Allow610YesNo
18510905AUTOMATED FOOD SELECTION USING HYPERSPECTRAL SENSINGNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
18510851METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING EVALUATING LEARNING OF A USERNovember 2023November 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18510578METHOD, INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEM, AND MEDIUM FOR DISPOSING EMERGENCY GAS SUPPLY OF SMART GASNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1620NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3626.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
962
Examiner Affirmed
760
(79.0%)
Examiner Reversed
202
(21.0%)
Reversal Percentile
5.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 21.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1900
Allowed After Appeal Filing
307
(16.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1593
(83.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
2.2%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 16.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 3626 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3626 is part of Group 3620 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 11,523 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 31.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 45 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3626's allowance rate of 31.5% places it in the 1% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3626 receive an average of 2.82 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 95% percentile). The median prosecution time is 45 months (in the 6% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for multiple rounds of prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.